Going underground - the wonders that lie beneath the West Midlands
A new book looks at the wonders that lie beneath the Black Country and surrounding areas. Mark Andrews reports.
International Railway Journal12年
London celebrates 150 years of underground railway operation
JANUARY 9 is the 150th anniversary of the world's first underground urban railway, which officially opened in the British capital between Paddington and Farringdon on January 9 1863. The former ...
BBC1年
Kolkata metro: A British engineer's unrealised India underwater train
He detailed all this in a book titled Calcutta Tube Railways ... On 10 January 1863, the Metropolitan Railway opened the world's first underground railway in London, between Paddington (which ...
Londonist6 日
This Lewisham Station Library Faces Imminent Closure
The free book library was opened in May 2022, but now faces closure following Lewisham station's redesignation as a sub-surface railway station. In 2022, Michael Peacock experienced what he calls a ...